Projects

Perceptions and approaches of teaching academics during COVID-19

This research analyses academic experiences and teaching approaches during COVID-19 disruptions in early 2021. Using the 3P model framework, it explores how pandemic-driven changes influenced curriculum and pedagogy across disciplines, informing future sustainable innovation.

Online assessments in tertiary music classes: A systematic review

This project conducts a systematic review and meta-analysis of online music assessments to evaluate their alignment with learning outcomes. It aims to guide instructors in adopting technology-enhanced, inclusive, and musically supportive assessments post-COVID-19.

South Australian Academy for Gender Equity in STEM

UniSA, alongside South Australian partners, delivers SAAGES to enhance STEM career pathways for women. The new program focuses on career development and mentoring for women pursuing entrepreneurial and start-up careers in STEM, fostering inclusive workplaces.

Careers Compass

The Careers Compass project supports Years 6 to 9 students in developing career-ready competencies aligned with the Australian Blueprint for Career Development. It delivers scalable, sustainable programs preparing young people for complex, evolving futures.

SenseAI

This project examines the present and future impact of AI on education and corporate learning. It identifies enablers and barriers to AI adoption, providing insights and pathways for effective integration of AI to support knowledge and workforce development.

The contribution of creative confidence to closing the gender gap in STEM

This research supports South Australian school girls to build creative confidence through real-world STEM challenges using Design Thinking. By fostering creativity, the project aims to reduce the gender gap across the STEM pipeline with measurable benefits from early education to career stages.

AI Playground

The AI Playground equips schools to prepare students for AI-driven futures by providing a hands-on digital environment. Students engage with AI through creative challenges, fostering problem-solving, ownership, and imagination in learning.

Data for AI Infrastructure

C3L and Comunet Pty Ltd are co-developing a secure, scalable cloud platform using AWS to integrate learning analytics and AI. This infrastructure enables near real-time data processing, adaptive feedback, and cross-platform integration to support education and workforce cognitive technology research.

Corporate Learning Analytics

C3L investigates learning and development technologies used by SMEs and large corporations, analysing data availability and usage for workforce capability building. The project includes industry interviews, technology reviews, and funded research supporting corporate learning innovation.

Covid-19 Scholar Peer Hub

C3L partners with the Geneva Learning Foundation to evaluate a COVID-19 immunisation workforce training programme. Using a custom dashboard, the project tracks learner progress and knowledge exchange, informing improvements in public health outcomes amid the pandemic.

Learning analytics framework for delivering effective training experience for medical professionals

This project explores how learning analytics can enhance personalised feedback in experiential learning environments. Partnering with Practera, UniSA’s C3L aims to scale tailored support for learners by identifying engagement patterns and optimising mentor feedback in real-world, team-based projects.

Learning analytics approaches for assessing the attainment of graduate qualities

Partnering with Trinity College, this project analyses survey and learning trace data to assess student development of graduate qualities—particularly self-regulated learning and metacognition. The goal is to validate assessment tools and support continuous improvement in teaching and learning.

Promoting and Developing Self Regulated Learning Mindsets and Skills in First-Year Students

This project promotes the development of student self-regulated learning (SRL) skills, which are vital for academic success and career readiness. It builds on previous work to create student-centred, scalable tools for measuring and supporting SRL progression.

Epic Challenges

This project-based course blends STEM and enterprise skills through an ‘Epic Challenge’, a real-world, multidisciplinary problem with no known solution. Students engage in design thinking, teamwork, and space-focused innovation, culminating in a showcase to space industry experts and NASA astronauts.

The impact of personalised learning interventions on student engagement in an electronic learning environment

This project supports medical professionals’ continuing development through personalised, AI-driven learning. In partnership with ModMed, UniSA’s C3L uses machine learning and curriculum mapping to deliver tailored feedback at scale, enhancing CPD outcomes and regulatory compliance.

The Modern Schooling Project

Modern Schooling partners with schools to co-design sustainable, research-informed innovation strategies. Focusing on leadership, teacher development, and technology use -including AI and online pedagogy - the project supports school-led change aligned to local priorities and educational goals.

Creativity and Assessment in the age AI

This project investigates the use of algorithms to assess creativity, offering a faster, cost-effective alternative to traditional methods. Early results show automated tools can match human judgment, paving the way for scalable, practical creativity assessment in research and education.

ePortfolio Industry Partnership (ePIP)

This project explores how graduate achievement can be authentically represented to students, universities, and industry. By aligning expectations and communication across stakeholders, it aims to develop sustainable, meaningful ways to showcase attainment beyond graduation.

Mapping Landscapes of Expertise: Augmenting knowledge networking with AI

This project prototypes AI-driven tools to visualise shifting landscapes of expertise using public data. By enhancing Katapult’s collaboration platform, the team aims to support real-time mapping of organisational capability, improving network-building and innovation in dynamic markets.

THRIVE

THRIVE is a global program advancing early childhood development in low- and middle-income countries. At UniSA, the focus is on supporting Kiribati through targeted projects that enhance ECD systems, respond to climate and migration impacts, and build long-term national capacity.

Leveraging Data to Support Young People’s Education and Wellbeing

This project will build a national, longitudinal education and wellbeing database, linking enrolment, achievement, behaviour, and wellbeing data. Designed for open access and aligned to FAIR principles, it will enable researchers to better understand students’ journeys across school systems.

Preserving Student Privacy while Enabling Learning Analytics & AI research

C3L is collaborating on a CRC-P grant project to develop a privacy-preserving learning analytics platform. In partnership with Practera, Data61, and others, this work enables institutions to share data securely, improve student learning, and personalise interventions using AI-driven analytics.

Trust in Algorithms

Statistical literacy shapes how individuals interpret and trust algorithmic decisions. This project explores the relationship between trust in algorithms and people's ability to understand statistical information. As algorithms increasingly inform decisions in education, health, and government, understanding this trust is critical.